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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the provision of prosthetic devices for certain |
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recipients under Medicaid. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (ff-1) to read as follows: |
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(ff-1) The commission shall provide a prosthetic device |
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under the medical assistance program to a recipient who is in need |
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of the device because of a congenital absence, a surgical revision, |
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or the traumatic amputation of an extremity, hip, or shoulder, |
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regardless of the recipient's age. |
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SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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waiver or authorization is granted. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |